An excavation team is clearing a wreckage and about to leave when they discover something strange. It's some kind of metal cocoon that hasn't been eroded by the sea. They store it, but when a thief opens it a Taelon-like energy being escapes. It seems to be able to take the form of anybody he comes in contact with, leaving the victim motionless. The Taelons immediately sense the arrival of Ha'gel. Da'an and Zo'or tell Boone Ha'gel is an ancient Taelon prisoner and the cocoon was his holding cell. He is extremely dangerous and must be stopped at all costs, but only skrills can kill him. Meanwhile Siobhan Beckett, the British implant, is in America. Her visit is twofold. First she wants to get closer to agent Sandoval with whom she is in love. Second she suspects Lili of being a Liberation spy, especially after she once again refuses her help in becoming a Companion agent.
—Arnoud Tiele (imdb@tiele.nl)